filmmaking

2023 Awards, Awards, International Films, Interviews, LatinX

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Lila Avilés shows us how a young girl experiences the world in her award-winning sophomore feature, “Tótem”

by Rebecca Martin

February 8, 2024

Like Jonathan Demme did seamlessly, respectively in “Rachel Getting Married,” Lila Avilés (“The Chambermaid”) immerses us in a specific time and space full of people that resemble a family, which

2023 Awards, Documentaries, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness, Sundance

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Anna Hints on the power of Southern Estonia women in their feature debut, “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”

by Rebecca Martin

November 21, 2023

This interview was originally posted on January 20th, 2023 for our 2023 Sundance coverage. We feature it again with the anticipated November 24 US theatrical release. See link to find

International Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Queer Stories

9 min read

New Zealand filmmaker Anna Rose Duckworth shares her love of the rom-com genre

by Rebecca Martin

August 1, 2023

We need authentic stories, even in the rom-com genre. New Zealand filmmaker Anna Rose Duckworth agrees with this! She beautifully paints the line between romantic comedy and elevating humanity within

Awards, Chicago, Film Festivals

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Video Interview: Chicago Spotlight award-winner Margaret Kellas on her film “this is not the morning i thought i was going to have”

by Rebecca Martin

May 15, 2023

Margaret Kellas, director of the short “this is not the morning i thought i was going to have,” is the recipient of the 2023 Cinema Femme Short Film Fest Chicago

Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews

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Clare Cooney makes her directorial feature debut with “Departing Seniors”

by Rebecca Martin

September 24, 2022

To deem a filmmaker as scrappy is the highest compliment. Clare Cooney continues to evolve in her many abilities as a filmmaker and artist, and has always has embodied the

Chicago, Interviews, LIVE Events, LIVE Q&A

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Join Cinema Femme LIVE today at 5:00 PM Central as we talk to Foley Artist and Sound Editor Katie Waters

by cinemafemme

April 6, 2022

Join Cinema Femme LIVE as we talk to Foley Artist and Sound Editor Katie Waters about her work and the awesome things she is doing at Noisefloor in Chicago. ⁠

Interviews, Juneteenth

17 min read

Support “Through the Blinds”, an anthology by female filmmakers that aims to close gaps in Hollywood

by Rebecca Martin

February 22, 2022

“Through the Blinds” is a collection of seven intimate stories that take place under one roof – from the birth of the 50’s housewife to today’s career-focused millennial and everything

Holiday, Profile

1 min read

The Twelve Days of Cinema Femme: 9 – 12

by cinemafemme

December 18, 2020

We could not have had the year we had without you. 2020 was hard for many reasons and in many ways, but we stuck together as a filmmaking and womxn

Interviews, Mental Health Awareness, Now Playing

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Julia Kots and Tawny Cypress on their film “Inez & Doug & Kira”

by Rebecca Martin

September 28, 2020

“Mental illness is very prevalent in our society and it is not spoken about enough. It’s still very very taboo, and it is understandable, because it can be embarrassing and

Cineuropa, International Films, Interviews

7 min read

Anne Sewitsky • Director of “Sonja: The White Swan”

by Cineuropa

January 24, 2020

The following Cineuropa interview is with filmmaker Anne Sewitsky. After studying directing at the Norwegian Film School, her feature-film debut came in 2010 with the comedy “Happy, Happy”, which was awarded

Documentaries, Interviews

5 min read

Director Rebecca Stern combines her love for animals and filmmaking with ‘Well Groomed’

by Pamela Powell

December 17, 2019

Rebecca Stern, director of the much-talked-about SXSW film "Well Groomed," has married her love of animals and her passion, skills, and knowledge of filmmaking to create a visually entertaining film
Chicago, Coming of Age, Halloween, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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A cult classic is in our midst with Jennifer Reeder’s teen noir ‘Knives and Skin’

by Rebecca Martin

December 5, 2019

"Knives and Skin" follows the investigation of a young girl's disappearance in a rural Midwest town. The coming-of-age film has been described as a mix of Lynchian thriller and high

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